live from the nasdaq market site in new york city's times square, i'm melissa lee. here are tonight's top three trades. first, cliff dwellers. is the mortgage deduction in play? we're handicapping the fallout that could hit the housing stocks. and some of the financials have doubled this year. should you bet that the rally will continue? plus, apple of their eye. the traders pick five stocks that are better bets than apple right now. but first, let's get to our top story. the dow jumping 100 points. so, we ask, were you a buyer or a seller today? pete, what do you say? >> i was a buying. and it was because of the fact, over the last week or so, we've seen nothing but upside buying in the banking stocks, ever sense december 5th broke above that 50-day moving average. last day, week, 475,000 calls at 200,000 puts. it's telling me right now, financials are going higher. we alaskaic active aactivity at stanley, goldman sachs. >> you believe the whole market will be pushed higher because of that move? >> absolutely. i think it's the financials lifting us. >> tim? >> at t